How to Install Gnome desktop in Ubuntu 14.04

Basically, Gnome is an open source software which is used to nurture Unix based operating system with the Windows desktop environment. GNOME is an easy-to-use desktop, and its main objective is to provide a user-friendly environment for running the applications and software.

In this article, you’ll come across the installation procedure of the gnome desktop. Just have a glance at this article to know about how to install Gnome desktop in Ubuntu 14.04.

Steps to install gnome desktop:

Step 1: First open your terminal by using “Ctrl + ALT + T” and then type: “sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback”, press enter.

Step 2: Now, you’ll be prompted to provide your Ubuntu password for authentication. Type your password and press enter.

Step 3: After that you’ll be asked “Do you want to continue further”, press ‘y’(yes) and hit enter.

Step 4: When Gnome desktop installation is completed, then type “exit” in order to close the terminal.

Step 5: Now click on the gear icon at the top right corner of your screen and from the drop down, click on “logout”.

Step 6: Under welcome screen you’ll see an Ubuntu icon as marked in the image below. Just click on that icon.

Step 7: Now you’ll see the different desktop environment, here choose “GNOME Flashback (Metacity).”

Step 8: As soon as you logged on, you may experience gnome desktop environment as shown in the image below.

That’s all friends. Keep reading.